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2017 Newbery Reading Challenge

This is the fourth year of the Newbery Reading Challenge and I’ve participated every year at the L’Engle level, which is 15-29 points. This year I read 18 points. It’s helping me accomplish my perpetual challenge to read all the winners, although this year I read more Honor books and got them off my shelves. Thanks to Julie of Smiling Shelves for hosting. 
Each book you read is worth points. You get:
3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner, 2 points for a Newbery Honor Book, 1 point for a Caldecott Book [Read more…] about 2017 Newbery Reading Challenge wrap-up

Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2017

This is the seventh annual Cruisin’ thru the Cozies hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews and 2017 is my 5th year to participate. Usually the levels are to read a certain number of books but this year Yvonne changed it up by making us move out of our comfort zone and read several genres. I did the highest level: Level 4 – Sleuth Extraordinaire, which required us to read two books from each sub-genre plus an additional 20 cozy books of my choice, for a total of 40 books. I planned out my category books at the beginning of the year and ended up reading 4 of the 20 I had planned. But I still moved many off my shelves, so it’s all good. I’ve also been listening to the M.C. Beaton audiobooks from the library, so I went through lots of those. [Read more…] about Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2017 wrap-up

2017 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

The Alphabet Soup Challenge is hosted by Escape with Dollycas Into A Good Book and means that by December 31, 2017 your bowls must be full of one book for each letter of the Alphabet.
Each Letter Counts As 1 Spoonful

I did not pick my list ahead of time but just let it fill up naturally throughout the year. I only had to plan for a couple of letters at the end, and this was a very fun challenge! [Read more…] about 2017 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge wrap-up

2017 Color Coded Reading Challenge

Rules: Read nine books in the following categories during 2017. [Read more…] about 2017 Color Coded Reading Challenge wrap-up